Smoke Signals Movie Analysis

14. In the movie Smoke Signals, the main character Victor who is an Indian man. At first Victor seem like a very mean person. He said a lot of mean words to other people, he laughed at Tomas who grow up with him together, and he also did not trust anyone. He did not like to talk with other people. However, on the way to Phoenix (he and Tomas go to bring Victor father’s ashes back home), Victor seems changes. When he and Tomas took a bus to Phoenix, they met a young girl. Tomas and the girl talked a lot, and the girl told Tomas she is a gymnast. Victor found the girl was lying, so he perpetrated the girl’s lie. After the girl left, Victor told Tomas that “do not trust anyone”. Although when Victor spoke to the girl and Tomas, he still

In the movie, Victor’s dad because of intemperance problem ruined himself, Tomas’s family, his family. In July 4th 1976’s independent party, Victor’s dad got drunk he held a firework went to Tomas’s home to find Tomas’s parent. Accidently, the firework’s fire got into Tomas’s house, which directly caused Tomas’s parents died in the fire. After that accident, his father did not stop drink, he keep drinking and drinking all day. When he did not get drunk he treat Victor very nicely, he drive his son to home talk and laugh together. However just because Victor spilled his father’s bear by accident, his father hit Victor very hard. Until one day Victor’s mom cannot bear him anymore, she fought with his father. Then his father left their home and did not come back anymore. All of this all because of Victor’s father drinking problem. If Victor’s father not drunk, Tomas’s parents will not die. Then he would not need to self-accusation every day. His family would be live together happily. In my family, my father merely drink alcohol except go to work, he always spend a lot of time at home to take care and accompany my mom and I. He always said that people drinking alcohol cannot gain any benefit from it but waste time and money. I and my parents always hang out together after dinner and during weekends. Other people all admire our family very much. My mom’s colleague always said to my mom you really married a very good husband. On the other hand, in one of my aunt’s family, my

In the movie Smoking Signal, the most useful thing I learned from this movie is forgiveness. Victor forgives his father although his father bit him and his mother then left home never come back when he was young. Tomas forgive Victor’s father although he know his parents’ die are all caused by him. Forgiveness sounds so easy, but to ask a person to truly forgive someone who used to hurt you or your family is very hard. Many times people will choose to hate that person but not to forgive. Forgiving others often takes time. Victory did not forgive his father after he saved a woman who got injured in a car accident. Forgiving others often starts as a decision of surrender-an act of our will. Forgiveness is simply a decision to let go of our regrets and our own view of justice. After you decide to forgive someone who you have been hated for a long time actually you are the one that feel happy and release. Victor forgave his father until his father died. After I saw this movie, I felt sorry for both Victor and his father, if Victor can forgive his father earlier maybe he can go to find his father and bring him home, maybe his father would not die in the end. When we were young we were very easy to say sorry to others and to forgive others. That’s why when we were young we merely have anything to worry or felt unhappy. To forgive others sometimes is also in order to move on your own life. No one would be happy while he hates someone at the same time. At this point we need to